scholarly journals Славянски съответствия на английския термин sustainability

2018 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 260-272
Author(s):  
Илияна [Iliana] Генев-Пухалева [Genew-Puhalewa]

Slavic equivalents to the English term sustainabilityThe paper examines the issue of how the term sustainable development (sustainability), coined exactly 30 years ago by the United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development, has been reproduced in the Slavic languages. The history of the primary English term’s first use as well as its source have been discussed, with special consideration given to the fact that both English and Slavic terms expressing the concept of sustainability have native components. Using a semasiological approach to the studied terminological units, the author analyzes their outer and inner form of the terms in relation to their meaning (definition). The study emphasizes the semantic progression within the various Slavic words used as terms expressing the contemporary idea of sustainable development. This semantic evolution is observable, among other things, in the component of positive evaluation inherent in the terms’ meanings and definitions. Słowiańskie odpowiedniki terminu sustainabilityArtykuł porusza kwestię sposobów oddawania w językach słowiańskich terminu sustainable development (‘zrównoważony rozwój’), ukutego 30 lat temu przez Światową Komisję ds. Środowiska i Rozwoju Organizacji Narodów Zjednoczonych. Omówiono historię powstania angielskiego terminu i jego źródło, zwracając uwagę szczególnie na to, że zarówno angielski termin sustainability, jak i jego słowiańskie odpowiedniki wywodzą się z rodzimych elementów. Stosując semazjologiczne podejście do badanych jednostek terminologicznych, autorka analizuje ich zewnętrzną i wewnętrzną formę w odniesieniu do ich znaczenia (definicji). W wynikach analizy na pierwszy plan wysuwa się progresja semantyczna ogólnosłowiańskich wyrazów użytych jako terminy na określenie współczesnej idei zrównoważonego rozwoju. Tę semantyczną ewolucję można zaobserwować m.in. w pozytywnym wartościowaniu, które stanowi wewnętrzny komponent znaczenia i definicji terminów.

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Nasteska and V. Wee

In 1972, the first United Nations Conference on Human Environment (UNCED) was held in Stockholm, Sweden. At the conference, government officials from industrialized and developing nations met alongside civil society organizations to create the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). “This conference put environmental issues on the international agenda for the first time, and marked a turning point in the development of international environmental politics. It has also been recognized as the beginning of modern political and public awareness of global environmental issues” (Baylis & Smith, 2005, pp. 454-455). Twenty years later, the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), also known as the Rio Earth Summit, was held in Rio de Janeiro. One hundred and seventy two government officials participated, of which 108 were heads of state (United Nations, 1992, United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, para. 1). This conference was one of the largest gatherings of heads of state, civil society organizations, and individuals in human history to date. Stakeholders met with the purpose of charting a course for a more sustainable future. From the conference emerged agreements, most notably Agenda 21, which created a framework for developing global, national, and regional plans for sustainability. The Rio Earth Summit has since stood as an example of what is possible when governments and citizens work together. The outcomes of this conference still affect human lives today, mainly through the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change meetings, which led to the Kyoto Protocol, the only legally binding agreement to cut down carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions. The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, also known as Earth Summit 2012 or Rio+20, is regarded as one of the most crucial events in United Nations history and has been referred to by the Secretary General of the United Nations (2011), Ban Ki-moon, as “the most important global meeting on sustainable development in our time" (The Future We Want, p 2).


Author(s):  
Devon E. A. Curtis ◽  
Paul Taylor

This chapter examines the development of the United Nations and the changes and challenges that it has faced since it was founded in 1945. It opens with three framing questions: Does the UN succeed in reconciling traditions of great power politics and traditions of universalism? Why has the UN become more involved in matters within states and what are the limits to this involvement? What are the UN's biggest successes and challenges in its efforts to prevent and resolve conflict and to promote sustainable development? The chapter proceeds by providing a brief history of the UN and its principal organs. It also considers the UN's role in the maintenance of international peace and security, and how the UN addresses issues relating to economic and social development. Two case studies are presented: the first is about UN peacekeeping in the Congo and the second is about the 2003 intervention in Iraq.


Author(s):  
Devon E. A. Curtis ◽  
Paul Taylor

This chapter examines the development of the United Nations and the changes and challenges that it has faced since it was founded in 1945. It opens with three framing questions: Does the UN succeed in reconciling traditions of great power politics and traditions of universalism? Why has the UN become more involved in matters within states and what are the limits to this involvement? What are the UN's biggest successes and challenges in its efforts to prevent and resolve conflict and to promote sustainable development? The chapter proceeds by providing a brief history of the UN and its principal organs. It also considers the UN's role in the maintenance of international peace and security, and how the UN addresses issues relating to economic and social development. Two case studies are presented: the first is about UN peacekeeping in the Congo and the second is about the 2003 intervention in Iraq.


1994 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur van Buitenen

The Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD), the intergovernmental body set up to review the implementation of Agenda 21, is in more than one way crucial for the future development of the United Nations system. The Commission is the first organisation within the United Nations system which institutionally links environment and development. In these policy areas, two integration processes can be distinguished. First, environment and development initiatives have to be taken into account in all other areas of policy and law-making, including such important fields as foreign policy and national and international security. Secondly, the interests of actors on the global stage, including states, intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations, are becoming more and more interrelated and convergent.


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
Davide Moroni ◽  
Ovidio Salvetti

Life below water is the 14th Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) envisaged by the United Nations and is aimed at conserving and sustainably using the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development [...]


2020 ◽  
Vol 252 ◽  
pp. 119574 ◽  
Author(s):  
Biagio F. Giannetti ◽  
Feni Agostinho ◽  
Cecília M.V.B. Almeida ◽  
Gengyuan Liu ◽  
Luis E.V. Contreras ◽  
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